Kurt Schwitters
Mertzrelief

CultureGerman
Titles
  • Mertzrelief
Date1924, printed c. 1924
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 4 1/8 × 3 3/8 in. (10.5 × 8.6 cm)
Mount: 5 7/8 × 4 1/2 in. (14.9 × 11.4 cm)
Frame: 11 1/4 × 9 15/16 × 1 5/8 in. (28.6 × 25.2 × 4.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the S. I. Morris Photography Endowment
Object number2007.1204
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Kicken Berlin, Berlin]; purchased by MFAH, 2007.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in ink on recto mount, lower left margin: "(signature) / MERZRELIEF / 1924"

Documented as being titled and numbered "5" on verso. Object is framed.
Signed in ink on recto mount, lower left margin: "KSCHWITTERS"

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